
Digital Alchemist (author, Internet consultant, web designer)
Greater Los Angeles Area

Digital Alchemist (author, Internet consultant, web designer)
Greater Los Angeles Area
Janine Warner is an author, journalist, and partner in the Internet consulting firm Artesian Media. Her best-selling books and videos on web design have won her an international following and earned her speaking and consulting engagements around the world.
Since 1996, she has authored more than a dozen books about the Internet, including, Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies and Dreamweaver For Dummies (now in its 8th edition). She's also the host of a series of Web design videos for Total Training. Highlights of her videos are featured on both the Microsoft and Adobe web sites.
Janine has been a part-time faculty member at the University of Miami and the University of Southern California. She also developed online training programs for the Western Knight Center.
From 1994 to 1998, she ran Visiontec Communications, a Web design business in Northern California, which served a diverse group of clients, including Levi Strauss & Co. and AirTouch International.
In 1998, she joined The Miami Herald as their Online Managing Editor. A year later, she was promoted to Director of New Media and managed the Web sites for The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, and Miami.com. She left that position to serve as Director of Latin American Operations for CNET Networks, an international technology media company.
From 2001 to 2005, Janine served as a judge for the Arroba de Oro Latin American Internet awards. As part of that project, she helped to create an Internet literacy program for students in Central America called Operación Red (Operation Network).
Janine began her career as a reporter at the Pulitzer Prize-winning Point Reyes Light newspaper in 1990. She was also managing editor of Vision Latina, a bilingual (Spanish-English) newspaper in Northern California until 1994. She speaks fluent Spanish and is conversational in Portuguese.
Web sites: ArtesianMedia.com, JCWarner.com, and DigitalFamily.com
Web design, Internet trends, online journalism, media, multimedia, book publishing, online identity, online marketing, digital marketing, viral marketing, online reputation, Dreamweaver, Expression Web.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Artesian Media, Inc. is a web design and multimedia consulting firm, specializing in helping businesses develop smart and effective Internet strategies. Built on 20+ years of experience in multimedia, the firm was founded by Janine Warner and David LaFontaine, and represents a team of consultants who work on a variety of web design, multimedia production, consulting and training projects. For more info, visit www.ArtesianMedia.com.
(Internet industry)
1995 — Present (14 years )
Author of more than a dozen books about the Internet, including Web Sites Do It Yourself For Dummies, Dreamweaver For Dummies (all 8 editions), and Teach Yourself Dreamweaver Visually (all published by Wiley Publishing). Learn more about Janine's Web design books at http://www.DigitalFamily.com.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
2005 — 2009 (4 years )
Host of a series of Web design training videos on Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft Expression Web for Total Training, a video training company that provides instructional videos online and DVD. Learn more about Janine's Web design training videos at http://www.DigitalFamily.com.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Taught online journalism in the Annenberg School For Communication at USC.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2000 — May 2000 (5 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)
September 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 5 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 1994 — August 1998 (4 years 4 months)
BA , Journalism and Spanish , 1986 — 1990
High School , 1980 — 1985
Internet, multimedia, newspapers, marketing, innovative advertising, design, online identity, online reputation, technology innovation, web development, Web design, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Microsoft Expression Web
Authors Guild, MediaBistro, Online News Association